The Vying Animal

The life of Philip Roth and the art of literary survival

Christian Lorentzen

Positive Obsession

Octavia E. Butler’s visionary science fiction

Gabrielle Bellot

It’s Complicated

Torrey Peters’s trans love triangle

Jo Livingstone

Wisdom in the Work

Vivian Gornick talks with Bookforum about her new essay collection

Emily Gould

Stupid Human Tricks

Why animals may be smarter than we think

Charlotte Shane